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• the present invention relates to a catalyst for use in the production of stereoregular polyolefins. More specifically, the present invention relates to a catalyst which is useful for the polymerization of olefins and comprises a specific metallocene compound which is a novel asymmetric transition metallic compound having bis-substituted-cyclopentadienyl-bridge-type bidentate ligands of bridge structure, and alumoxane.
• Kaminsky catalyst comprising a metallocene compound and alumoxane has been well known as a homogeneous catalyst useful for the polymerization of olefins.
• This catalyst is characterized in that it brings about extremely high polymerization activity, and that it can produce a polymer with a narrow molecular weight distribution.
• Ethylenebis(indenyl)zirconium dichloride and ethylenebis(4,5,6,7-tetrahydroindenyl)zirconium dichloride have been known as transition metallic compounds useful for the production of isotactic polyolefins. They are, however, disadvantageous in that they produce polyolefins having low molecular weights, and that they can produce polyolefins having high molecular weights if the production is conducted at a low temperature, but, in this case, the polymerization activity is low.
• An object of the present invention is to provide a polymerization method by which a propylene polymer having a high molecular weight (number-average molecular weight: 70,000 or more), capable of being subjected to both extrusion molding and injection molding, can be obtained in high yield.
• the catalyst useful for the polymerization of olefins according to the present invention comprises the following component (A) and component (B):
• R 1 s may be the same or different, and represent a monovalent hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or a monovalent hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms and containing silicon;
• two R 2 s may be the same or different, and represent a divalent hydrocarbyl group having 4 to 20 carbon atoms, or a divalent hydrocarbyl group having 4 to 20 carbon atoms and containing silicon, which residue is bonded to two adjacent carbon atoms of the five-membered cyclic ligand;
• R 3 represents a divalent hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms in total, or a divalent hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms in total and containing silicon or germanium;
• X and Y independently represent hydrogen, halogen, a monovalent hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or a monovalent hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms and containing nitrogen, oxygen or silicon,
• the two five-membered cyclic ligands each having the substituents R 1 and R 2 are asymmetric about a plane containing M when viewed from their relative position in terms of the group R 3 .
• a stereoregular polyolefin having a high molecular weight can be produced in high yield.
• the present invention relates to a catalyst useful for the polymerization of olefins, comprising component (A) and component (B) as shown below.
• component (A) and component (B) as shown below.
• the expression "comprising component (A) and component (B)” herein means that it is possible to use a third component other than components (A) and (B) as long as it does not impair the effects of the present invention.
• Component (A) which is used as one component of the catalyst of the present invention is a transition metallic compound represented by the- following formula [I]: ##STR5## wherein M represents a transition metal selected from the group consisting of titanium, zirconium and hafnium;
• two R 1 s may be the same or different, and represent a monovalent hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 6, preferably 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a monovalent hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 6, preferably 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and containing silicon;
• two R 2 s may be the same or different, and represent a divalent hydrocarbyl group having 4 to 20, preferably 4 to 8 carbon atoms, or a divalent hydrocarbyl group having 4 to 20, preferably 4 to 8 carbon atoms, and containing silicon, which residue is bonded to two adjacent carbon atoms of the five-membered cyclic ligand;
• R 3 represents a divalent hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 30, preferably 2 to 20 carbon atoms in total, or a divalent hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 30, preferably 2 to 20 carbon atoms in total, containing silicon or germanium;
• X and Y independently represent hydrogen, halogen, a monovalent hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 20, preferably 1 to 7 carbon atoms, or a monovalent hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 20, preferably 1 to 7 carbon atoms, containing nitrogen, oxygen or silicon.
• the distinctive feature of the metallocene compound having the formula [I] for use in the present invention is that the two five-membered cyclic ligands contained in the compound, each having the substituents R 1 and R 2 are asymmetric about a plane containing M when viewed from their relative position in terms of the group R 3 .
• the state of asymmetry can be roughly divided into two types. One of them is such that the relationship between the two substituted five-membered cyclic ligands with respect to a plane containing M, X and Y is not equivalent to that between an object and its mirror image in terms of the positions of R 1 and R 2 . In this case, even if R 1 s and R 2 s contained in the two substituted five-membered cyclic ligands are respectively the same, the relationship between the two substituted ligands is not equivalent to that between an object and its mirror image.
• Another type of asymmetry is such that although the relationship between the two substituted ligands is equivalent to that between an object and its mirror image in terms of the respective positions of the substituents R 1 and R 2 , at least either R 1 s or R 2 s are not the same between the two five-membered cyclic ligands. For instance, even when the positional relationship between the two R 1 s is equivalent to the relationship between an object and its mirror image, the relationship between the two five-membered cyclic ligands is not equivalent to the relationship between an object and its mirror image because the types of R 1 s are different from each other. In the present invention, only the former type of state is referred to as the state of asymmetry.
• R 1 is a monovalent hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or a monovalent hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, containing silicon. More specifically, R 1 is a saturated hydrocarbon group such as alkyl or cycloalkyl, an unsaturated hydrocarbon group such as alkenyl, or a hydrocarbon group containing silicon such as alkylsilyl.
• R 1 examples include methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, i-propyl, n-butyl, i-butyl, t-butyl, n-amyl, i-amyl, n-hexyl, cyclopropyl, allyl, trimethylsilyl and dimethylethylsilyl groups.
• lower alkyl groups such as methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, i-propyl, n-butyl, i-butyl and t-butyl are preferred.
• R 2 is, more specifically, a saturated hydrocarbon group such as alkylene or cycloalkylene, an unsaturated hydrocarbon group such as alkadienylene or arylene, or a hydrocarbon group containing silicon such as alkylsilylalkylene or alkylsilylalkenylene, which forms a 4- to 8-membered ring, preferably a 6-membered ring together with the cyclopentadienyl group to which R 2 is bonded.
• a saturated hydrocarbon group such as alkylene or cycloalkylene
• an unsaturated hydrocarbon group such as alkadienylene or arylene
• a hydrocarbon group containing silicon such as alkylsilylalkylene or alkylsilylalkenylene
• R 2 examples include butylene, methylbutylene, 2-methylbutylene, 1,2-dimethylbutylene, cyclopropylbutylene, 1,3-butadienylene, methyl-1,3-butadienylene, phenylbutylene, phenyl-1,3-butadienylene, trimethylsilylbutylene, trimethylsilyl-1,3-butadienylene, dimethylethylsilylbutylene, dimethylethylsilyl-1,3-butadienylene groups.
• alkylene groups such as butylene and methylbutylene, in particular, n-butylene group and, alkadienylene groups such as 1,3-butadienylene and methyl-1,3-butadienylene, in particular, 1,3-butadienylene group are preferred.
• R 3 is, more specifically, a saturated hydrocarbyl group such as lower alkylene or cycloalkylene, which can be substituted by a hydrocarbyl group, provided that the total number of carbon atom is 1 to 30; an unsaturated hydrocarbyl group such as arylene; or a hydrocarbyl group containing silicon or germanium such as lower alkyl- or arylsilylene, or lower alkyl- or arylgermylene, which may be substituted by a hydrocarbyl group, provided that the total number of carbon atom is 1 to 30.
• R 3 is a methylene or ethylene group which can be substituted by a lower alkyl or lower alkylsilyl group, or a silylene group which may be substituted by a lower alkyl group.
• X and Y independently represent, more specifically, hydrogen, a halogen (for example, fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine, preferably chlorine), a monovalent hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or a monovalent hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, containing silicon or germanium (preferably any of the hydrocarbyl groups enumerated previously as examples of R 1 , and, in particular, methyl). More preferably, X and Y independently represent a lower alkyl group or a lower alkyl-substituted silyl group.
• a metallocene compound preferably used in the present invention is the one in which at least one of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , M, X and Y fulfills the following conditions:
• R 1 a lower alkyl group
• R 2 a n-butylene group or a 1,3-butadienylene group
• R 3 a methylene or ethylene group which may be substituted with a lower alkyl or lower alkylsilyl group, or a silylene group which may be substituted with a lower alkyl group;
• X and Y independently chlorine, a lower alkyl group or a lower alkyl-substituted silyl group.
• Nonlimitative examples of the above-described transition metallic compound are as follows. It is noted that although the compounds listed below are described simply by their chemical names, they are, as a matter of course, asymmetry in stereostructure as defined previously.
• the other component (component (B)) for use in the present invention is alumoxane represented by the following formula [II] or [III]: ##STR7## wherein m is a number of 4 to 30, preferably 10 to 25, and R 4 is a hydrocarbyl group, preferably a hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, more preferably 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
• the above component (B) is a product obtained from one type of trialkylaluminum or by a reaction between two or more types of trialkylaluminum and water.
• Specific examples of the component (B) include (a) methylalumoxane, ethylalumoxane, propylalumoxane, butylalumoxane and isobutylalumoxane which are obtainable from one type of trialkylaluminum; and (b) methylethylalumoxane, methylbutylalumoxane and methylisobutylalumoxane which can be obtained by a reaction between two types of trialkylaluminum and water.
• methylalumoxane and methylisobutylalumoxane are particularly preferred.
• alumoxanes which are selected from one of the above groups or from both of the groups.
• the above alumoxanes can be used in combination with other alkylaluminum compound such as trimethylaluminum, triethylaluminum, triisobutylaluminum or dimethylaluminum chloride.
• alumoxanes can be prepared under the various known conditions. Specifically, the following methods can be mentioned:
• the catalyst according to the present invention can be prepared by bringing the above-described component (A) and component (B) into contact with each other in the presence or absence of monomers to be polymerized, inside or outside an autoclave.
• the preferable range of the amount of the component (A) used is from 10 -7 to 10 2 mmol/lit. when calculated on the basis of the transition metal atom. It is preferable that the molar ratio of Al/transition metal be 100 or more, more preferably 500 or more, up to 100,000, most preferably 1000 or more, up to 50,000.
• the catalyst of the present invention can contain some other components in addition to the components (A) and (B).
• a third component (optional component) which can be added to the components (A) and (B) include compounds containing active hydrogen such as H 2 O, methanol, ethanol and buthanoi, electron-donor-type compounds such as ether, ester and amine, and compounds containing alkoxyl such as phenyl borate, dimethylmethoxyaluminum, phenyl phosphate, tetraethoxysilane and diphenyldimethoxysilane.
• active hydrogen such as H 2 O, methanol, ethanol and buthanoi
• electron-donor-type compounds such as ether, ester and amine
• alkoxyl such as phenyl borate, dimethylmethoxyaluminum, phenyl phosphate, tetraethoxysilane and diphenyldimethoxysilane.
• the components (A) and (B) may be introduced into a reaction vessel either separately or after being brought into contact with each other.
• the catalyst of the present invention is applicable not only to slurry polymerization using a solvent but also to polymerizations using substantially no solvent such as liquid-phase-non-solvent polymerization, gas-phase polymerization and solution polymerization. Moreover, the catalyst of the invention can also be applied to continuous polymerization and batch polymerization.
• saturated aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons such as hexane, heptane, pentane, cyclohexane, benzene and toluene are used as a solvent either singly or in combination of two or more.
• the approximate range of the polymerization temperature is from -78° to 200° C., preferably from -20° to 100° C.
• the olefin pressure of the reaction system There is no limitation on the olefin pressure of the reaction system. However, the preferable range of the pressure is from atmospheric pressure to 50 kg/cm 2 G.
• the molecular weight of the finally obtainable polymer can be controlled by any known method, for instance, by properly selecting the temperature or pressure for the polymerization, or by the introduction of hydrogen.
• Olefins which can be polymerized by the catalyst of the present invention that is, olefins which are used for the polymerization reaction in the method of the present invention are ⁇ -olefins having 2 to 20, preferably 2 to 10 carbon atoms.
• ⁇ -olefins include propylene, 1-butene, 4-methyl-1-pentene, 1-hexene, 1-octene, 1-decene, 1-dodecene, 1-tetradecene, 1-hexadecene, 1-octadecene and 1-eicosene.
• propylene is particularly preferred.
• a mixture of two or more of the above ⁇ -olefins can also be used for the polymerization.
• the above ⁇ -olefins can also be copolymerized with ethylene.
• the catalyst of the invention is also useful for the copolymerization of the above ⁇ -olefins and other monomers which can be copolymerized with the ⁇ -olefins, for example, conjugate and non-conjugate dienes such as butadiene, 1,4-hexadiene, 1,8-nonadiene and 1,9-decadiene, and cyclic olefins such as cyclopropene, cyclobutene, cyclohexene, norbornene and dicyclopentadiene.
• the compound thus obtained was identified to be ethylenebis-(2-methylindenyl)zirconium dichloride, and it was also confirmed that the two 2-methylindenyl groups contained in the compound were asymmetric, that is, the relationship between the two groups with respect to a plane containing zirconium atom was not equivalent to that between an object and its mirror image.
• a 1.5-liter agitation-type autoclave was thoroughly purged with propylene.
• 500 ml of toluene which had been thoroughly dehydrated and degassed to remove dissolved oxygen was introduced into the autoclave.
• 10 mmol (calculated in terms of Al atom) of the above-obtained methylalumoxane and 1.0 ⁇ mol, of the above-prepared ethylenebis-(2-methylindenyl)zirconium dichloride Thereafter, propylene was introduced into the mixture, and polymerized at a temperature of 20° C. for 15 minutes. Propylene was further introduced into the system, and the polymerization was continued for 2 hours at a temperature of 40° C.
• Example 1 The procedure of Example 1 was repeated except that the ethylenebis-(2-methylindenyl)zirconium dichloride used in Example 1 was replaced by ethylenebis(indenyl)zirconium dichloride, whereby 80.9 g of a polymer was obtained.
• the catalytic activity was 445 kg-polymer/g ⁇ Zr ⁇ hr.
• the number-average molecular weight of the polymer was 213 ⁇ 10 4
• the molecular weight distribution index (Q value) was 2.04, and the melting point of the polymer was approximately 135.2° C.
• Example 1 The procedure of Example 1 was repeated except that the ethylenebis-(2-methylindenyl)zirconium dichloride used in Example 1 was replaced by ethylenebis(indenyl)hafnium dichloride, whereby 12.1 g of a polymer was obtained.
• the catalytic activity was 33.6 kg-polymer/g ⁇ Hf ⁇ hr.
• the number-average molecular weight of the polymer was 120 ⁇ 105 the molecular weight distribution index (Q value) was 2.63, and the melting point of the polymer was 134.8° C.
• Example 1 The procedure of Example 1 was repeated except that 5 ml of 1-hexene was added before introducing the ethylenebis-(2-methylindenyl)zirconium dichloride, whereby 51.2 g of a polymer was obtained.
• the catalytic activity was 281 kg-polymer/g ⁇ Zr ⁇ hr.
• the number-average molecular weight of the polymer was 7.89 ⁇ 10 4 , the molecular weight distribution index (Q value) has 1.90, the hexene content of the polymer was 0.59 mol %, and the melting point of the polymer was 131.4° C.
• the compound thus obtained was identified to be dimethylsilylenebis-(2-methylindenyl)zirconium dichloride, and it was also confirmed that the two 2-methylindenyl groups contained in the compound were asymmetric.
• the solution of the aluminum mixture and the toluene containing saturated water were fed, by dropping an equimolar amount of Al and H 2 O, to the reaction system over a period of 3 hours.
• the temperature of the mixture was raised to 50° C., and a reaction was carried out at the temperature for two hours.
• the solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure, thereby obtaining 1.9 g of a white solid.
• the white solid thus obtained was dissolved in toluene, and subjected to 13 C-NMR.
• the ratio (methyl group) : (isobutyl group) was found to be 1.16:1.
• a spectrum showing a peak with a half band width of 6196 Hz having a chemical shift of 179 ppm was obtained by 27 Al-NMR.
• Example 1 The procedure of Example 1 was repeated except that the ethylenebis-(2-methylindenyl)zirconium dichloride used in Example 1 was replaced by the above-obtained dimethylsilylenebis-(2-methylindenyl)zirconium dichloride, and the methylalumoxane used in Example 1 was replaced by the above-synthesized methylisobutylalumoxane, thereby polymerizing propylene.
• the catalytic activity was 524 kg-polymer/g ⁇ Zr ⁇ hr.
• the number-average molecular weight of the polymer was 19.0 ⁇ 10 4 ; the molecular weight distribution index (Q value) was 2.04; and the melting point of the polymer was 149.4° C.
• Example 3 The procedure of Example 3 was repeated except that the polymerization was carried out at a temperature of 70° C., whereby 113.4 g of a polymer was obtained.
• the catalytic activity was 621 kg-polymer/g ⁇ Zr ⁇ hr.
• the number-average molecular weight of the polymer was 7.50 ⁇ 10 4 ; the molecular weight distribution index (Q value) was 1.98; and the melting point of the polymer was 139.2° C.
• Example 3 The procedure of Example 3 was repeated except that the dimethylsilylenebis-(2-methylindenyl)zirconium dichloride used in Example 3 was replaced by dimethylsilylenebis(indenyl)zirconium dichloride, whereby 113 g of a polymer was obtained.
• The-catalytic activity was 618 kg-polymer/g ⁇ Zr ⁇ hr.
• the number-average molecular weight of the polymer was 4.06 ⁇ 10 4 ; the molecular weight distribution index (Q value) was 2.06; and the melting point of the polymer was 142.3° C.
• Example 3 The procedure of Example 3 was repeated except that the dimethylsilylenebis-(2-methylindenyl)zirconium dichloride used in Example 3 was replaced by dimethylsilylene (2,4-dimethylcyclopentadienyl)(3', 5'-dimethylcyclopentadienyl)zirconium dichloride which is the same compound as that used in Example 2 of Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 12406/1991, thereby polymerizing propylene. As a result, 108 g of a polymer was obtained. The catalytic activity was 593 kg-polymer/g ⁇ Zr ⁇ hr. The number-average molecular weight of the polymer was 4.29 ⁇ 10 4 .
• Example 3 The procedure of Example 3 was repeated except that the methylisobutylalumoxane used in Example 3 was replaced by the methylalumoxane synthesized in Example 1, thereby polymerizing propylene. As a result, 45.1 g of a polymer was obtained.
• the catalytic activity was 248 kg-polymer/g ⁇ Zr ⁇ hr.
• the number-average molecular weight of the polymer was 14.3 ⁇ 10 4 , and the molecular weight distribution index (Q value) was 2.11.

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